Labor’s bizarre census backflip reveals great data about this weak government
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Labor’s bizarre census backflip reveals great data about this weak government

It’s funny how it’s always LGBTQ issues that have to be sacrificed to maintain the peace.

  • byMichael Koziol

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Six MPs defy Albanese over census backflip that baffled Coalition
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Six MPs defy Albanese over census backflip that baffled Coalition

Assistant Health Minister Ged Kearney took a rare step in breaking with the government’s position,taking the revolt to six government MPs.

  • byPaul Sakkal,Natassia Chrysanthos andOlivia Ireland
‘The last thing we want’:Deputy PM says LGBTQ census questions ditched to avoid division

‘The last thing we want’:Deputy PM says LGBTQ census questions ditched to avoid division

Marles says the government decided not to count LGBTQ Australians in the census because “we don’t want to open up a divisive debate in relation to this issue”.

  • byPaul Sakkal
As a gay man,I’m tired of Labor’s photo-op politics. So I quit!
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LGBTQ

As a gay man,I’m tired of Labor’s photo-op politics. So I quit!

Labor talks a big game on diversity and inclusion. But as a gay man,I’ve lost patience with the glacial pace of the party’s reform agenda.

  • byMark Baxter
PM faces call to be banned from Mardi Gras over census
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PM faces call to be banned from Mardi Gras over census

About one in 10 Australians are estimated to be lesbian,gay,bisexual,trans and gender diverse,according to a 2019 report from the Department of Health.

  • byPaul Sakkal andKat Wong
Night-cart men and lion tamers once worked in Melbourne. Find out more about rare jobs from the past

Night-cart men and lion tamers once worked in Melbourne. Find out more about rare jobs from the past

Here are some photos from The Age’s archives of people performing rare and unusual jobs through the decades. Some no longer exist,while others have evolved.

  • byCraig Butt
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Do you earn enough quiz:Which of these jobs earns the most?
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Do you earn enough quiz:Which of these jobs earns the most?

Which job earns more on average out of a florist and a drycleaner? Test your knowledge of Sydney’s jobs landscape in our quiz.

  • byCraig Butt
Essential service workers pushed to the fringes by housing crunch

Essential service workers pushed to the fringes by housing crunch

Aged care workers,primary teachers,nurses,paramedics and police are being forced to Melbourne’s fringes by high housing costs,prompting warnings about worker shortages.

  • byJosh Gordon andCraig Butt
Some jobs are so unusual,they’re not recognised by the ABS. Brianna’s is one of them
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Some jobs are so unusual,they’re not recognised by the ABS. Brianna’s is one of them

If you’ve never heard of aquarists,you’re not alone. They belong to one of Australia’s most unusual worker tribes.

  • byGemma Grant andCraig Butt
Bus drivers live in Forest Lake,lawyers in New Farm. So what suburb do architects call home?

Bus drivers live in Forest Lake,lawyers in New Farm. So what suburb do architects call home?

Albany Creek is home to the most police officers,Camp Hill has the most footballers and Sunnybank Hills has the most dentists. What about your job and your suburb? Search our interactive to find out.

  • byCraig Butt andMarissa Calligeros
Which suburb has the most teachers? Dentists? CEOs? Where to find Melbourne’s worker tribes
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Which suburb has the most teachers? Dentists? CEOs? Where to find Melbourne’s worker tribes

Brighton has the most CEOs,Kew has the most GPs,the CBD has the most waiters and Tarneit has the most truck drivers. Find out where the most people who do the same job as you live in our tour of Melbourne’s worker tribes.

  • byCraig Butt